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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 15. COURTS · Chapter 10. MAGISTRATE COURTS · Article 6. CONSTABLES, CLERK, AND OTHER COURT PERSONNEL

15-10-101. Eligibility of constables.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Each constable taking office on or after July 1, 2023, shall:#

    1. (1)

      Be at least 21 years of age;#

    2. (2)

      Be a citizen of the United States;#

    3. (3)

      Be a registered voter; and#

    4. (4)

      Have obtained a state approved high school equivalency (HSE) diploma.#

  2. (b)

    Additional qualifications for the office of chief constable or constable or both may be imposed by local law.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 15-10-101, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 2-1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 198, § 1; Ga. L. 2024, p. 668, § 1/HB 166, effective July 1, 2024; Ga. L. 2025, p. 1029, § 15(2)/SB 153, effective July 1, 2025.

Amendments

The 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted the present provisions of this Code section for the former provisions, which read: “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the eligibility for constable is the same as for magistrate. “(b) Each constable shall have attained the age of at least 21 years prior to the date of his assuming the duties of constable.” The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, substituted “approved high school equivalency (HSE)” for “accredited high school diploma or general educational development (GED)” in paragraph (a)(4).

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t15-ch1-11a-(v13)-pdf.pdf, Volume V13, 2020 edition, 2025 supplement, pages 117 to 118; merge action: replaced; file SHA-256 d86fd6e4449f.